Suspect's Mom Let Julio Foolio Murder Detective Watch Home Surveillance Video Of Son

Detectives investigating the shooting death of rapper Charles "Julio Foolio" Jones Jr in Florida obtained surveillance footage from the home of a former Marine Corps member who is the mother of suspected gunman Sean Gathright. Prosecutors allege Gathright, Rahsad Murphy and Davion Murphy ambushed Jones as he sat in his Dodge Charger outside the Home2 Suites hotel next to the University of South Florida on June 23, 2024. Detective David Alverson of the Tampa Police Department testified about his investigation into the shooting during the men's death penalty trial today (Thursday, April 30). 05:58 "Did you almost immediately recognize the silver Chevy Cruze and the black Impala Ford Impala as being involved vehicles?" "Yes, sir." 08:56 "Once we made that notification and had confirmation that the Polk County Sheriff's Office is going to be able to assist, and were actually en route themselves to the area that that residents Myself and Detective Kirkpatrick hopped in the car together and drove from downtown Tampa police headquarters..." 11:12 "Yes, we while, while we were speaking with Miss Allen, we noticed on the outside of the residence there were two security surveillance cameras, one that appeared to be oriented towards the front door of the house, and the other that appeared to be oriented looking at the driveway itself of the house. We asked Miss Miss Allen if those cameras were working, and then she eventually gave us permission to go inside to view the footage off that camera." 14:55 "Did you ever mislead her in any way as far as why you wanted to look at it? Or your request to look at her video system?" "No, sir." 15:29 "And did you determine that the video was several seconds slower than real time?" "Yes, sir, eight seconds." 17:58 "This is the camera angle that is looking at the driveway with the Impala in question, backing into the driveway." 21:18 "Have you watched this video many times, several times?" "Yes, sir." "Does it appear he's removing items from the trunk?" "It does, yes, sir." 26:13 "Did your investigation reveal that at that time, there was another motor vehicle that was inside the garage?" "Yes, sir" "What kind of motor vehicle?" "it was a Toyota SUV." 29:34 "Now it's not shown in there, but does he depart that resonance in the Forerunner?" "Eventually, yes, sir." 30:06 "We asked for Polk County Sheriff's office assistance in towing the vehicle from the scene as evidence. It was then towed to their facilities pending the application of a search warrant in Polk County for the search of that vehicle." "Did you work on that search warrant?" "Yes, sir." 31:29 "Once all that was completed, we started driving to the Polk County Sheriff's Office facilities in order to observe them while they executed the search warrant on the vehicle." 33:37 "And where was the first place you went in Jacksonville?" "We went to Jacksonville Sheriff's Office yourself in downtown Jacksonville." 33:51 "After meeting with them, did you at some point go to try to make contact with Mr. Gathright's, mother?" "Yes, we did." "Did you make contact with her?" "Yes, we made contact at at her residence." "And did you speak with her?" "Yes, we did." "And where did that occur at the residence?" "It occurred on the basically right outside the front doorway, in the entry way of the of the house, on the exterior of the house." 34:56 "And did you at some point make contact with Mr. Gathright." "Yes, twice, actually." "He was there at the sheriff's office." "Yes, he was." "And at some point, did his mother respond there?" **************************** You can read about the first trial over Julio Foolio's murder here: https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com...